‘AVOID the 12' conducted a sobriety and driver's license checkpoint on Friday, May 24th and Saturday
May 25th between 8:00 PM and 3:00 AM in the 400 block of Chapala Street in the City of Santa Barbara.
This operation was to kick off the Memorial Day Holiday DUI Enforcement Weekend. Officers from the
Alcohol Beverage and Control (ABC), Guadalupe, Lompoc, Santa Maria and UCSB Police Departments
worked along side deputies from the Santa Barbara Sheriff's Office at the sobriety checkpoint. Here are
the results of the checkpoint:

Over the course of the Memorial Day holiday weekend, extra DUI Saturation Patrols will be deployed in
the cities of Goleta, Guadalupe, Lompoc, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and the UCSB campus.

The national "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" crackdown is led by the California Office of Traffic Safety
(OTS), with the California Avoid DUI Task Force Campaign combining high-visibility enforcement and
heightened public awareness and impaired driving deterrence through publicity.

‘AVOID the 12' is named for the 12 Law Enforcement agencies within Santa Barbara County that work
together to combat DUI driving.
Funding for the Avoid DUI Task Force is by a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety, through
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The Avoid Task Force will deploy checkpoints and
DUI patrols next during the Independence Day Holiday and for the summer August/Labor Day DUI
Mobilization.